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[[William Turner|Joseph Mallord William Turner]] (Covent Garden 1775 - [[London]] 1851) was a [[British]] [[Romanticism|Romantic]] [[painter]]. In 1799, he was elected to the Royal Academy where he exhibited watercolors from 1790 to 1820.   

[[William Turner|Joseph Mallord William Turner]] (Covent Garden 1775 - [[London]] 1851) was a [[British]] [[Romanticism|Romantic]] [[painter]]. In 1799, he was elected to the Royal Academy where he exhibited watercolors from 1790 to 1820.   

''In satisfying the fashion for ruins, mountains and waterfalls, he was pleasing and nourishing himself. Ruined abbeys awoke his feelings of history and so charged his mind with the fallacies of hope that this became the title of a chaotic, illiterate epic from which, throughout his life, he quoted mottoes for his pictures.'' (Clark: [[Ibidem]])

''In satisfying the fashion for ruins, mountains and waterfalls, he was pleasing and nourishing himself. Ruined abbeys awoke his feelings of history and so charged his mind with the fallacies of hope that this became the title of a chaotic, illiterate epic from which, throughout his life, he quoted mottoes for his pictures.'' (cfr: Clark, [[Ibidem]])

After W. Turner’s death, in 1856, the "Turner Bequest" was settled by a decree; this contains around 300 oil paintings and nearly 30,000 sketches and watercolors by his own hand, all found in his studio.  

After W. Turner’s death, in 1856, the "Turner Bequest" was settled by a decree; this contains around 300 oil paintings and nearly 30,000 sketches and watercolors by his own hand, all found in his studio.